China box office: "Avengers: Endgame" now third all time

Box office sales for "Avengers: Endgame" has overtaken "Operation Red Sea" to become the third-highest grossing film on the Chinese mainland.

Ticket sales for "Endgame" have reached over 542 million US dollars as of early evening on May 3rd, Beijing time.

A poster of Avengers: Endgame at Yichang cinema in Hubei, April 27, 2019. [Photo: IC]

"Wolf Warrior 2" still tops the overall box office records in China, while "Wandering Earth" remains second.

Globally, "Avengers: Endgame" is expected to become the highest grossing film ever at the box office. "Avatar" reached 2.8 billion US dollars, while "Titanic" earned 2.2 billion US dollars. "Avengers: Endgame" has so far earned 1.7 billion US dollars, ranking 6th.